The Holiday Calendar Hits Hyperspeed

Everything is moving up. 'Breaking Bad' ends in September? That's when TV series used to start.

By

Peter Funt

Updated Sept. 23, 2013 7:33 p.m. ET

Reporting from the aisles of a Costco store, my wife, Amy, has relayed word that Christmas decorations are already in view.

Why not? Home-shopping channels did "Christmas in July" for so many weeks this year that it drifted right into Christmas in August and Christmas in September. Recently, a store at our local mall simultaneously featured a back-to-school sale, a Halloween sale and discounts on Christmas ornaments.